Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Czech Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
dankjewel
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
goedemorgen
Please
Prosím
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
pardon
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Gronings
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
slovenčina
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
slovaque
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Slowakisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Dutch people
Origin
6th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Slovak
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
slov1269
mode1257
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Slovak and Dutch Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Slovak and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Dutch language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Dutch Difficulty
The Slovak vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak Alphabets and Dutch Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Slovak and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.